What’s The Risk Of Getting A Disease From A Used Needle? – HuffPost

Gepostet in 2019.01.11. 22:17

Starbucks employees are worried about the danger of being stuck with used syringes discarded in store bathrooms. More than 3,700 people had signed a petition requesting safe syringe disposal in the stores’ bathrooms as of Friday. The petition cited fear of exposure to infectious diseases like HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B, should a Starbucks employee accidentally come in contact with a used needle while cleaning the bathroom or emptying the trash — something multiple employees have reported happening. Starbucks installed safe syringe disposal boxes in all of its Seattle stores last year, and is now responding to employee concerns ...